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Experienced Chief Executive with successful track record in leading businesses and managing stakeholders through complex periods of transformational turnaround and change. Reputation as a highly effective leader of people, teams and businesses. Developer of organisations and people through a values centred approach combining highly effective communication skills and influencing skills. Specialist track record of addressing regulatory failure and regaining regulatory compliance. Statutory board appointment by Regulator of Social Housing to non-compliant lease based provider.Appointed Group CEO at Riverside Group in May 2024. Riverside Group are one of the leading registered providers of social housing in the UK, with over 75,000 homes. We provide support and affordable housing to people of all ages and circumstances throughout the UK. Appointed CEO at Accent Housing Group in 2016 to lead business growth and culture transformation across the Group.In 2019 led Accent Group to record breaking deal with UK social housing sector’s lowest ever price on a long-dated public bond. Raising £350m at a coupon of just 2.625 per cent. Generated order book of £1.3bn, six times oversubscribed.Accent successfully appointed as Homes England Strategic Partner delivering £800m investment in affordable homes over the next 6 years.Founded #MorethanHomes campaign to raise £1m for the Trussell Trust. Backed by the National Housing Federation, Chartered Institute of Housing and the Northern Housing Consortium, the campaign harnessed the collective power of the housing sector, in response to the economic crisis resulting from COVID-19. Appointed CEO at Johnnie Johnson Housing Trust (JJHT) in January 2014 to successfully address serious governance and liquidity concerns. Developed exciting new vision to galvanise the organisation transforming financial and operational performance.Johnnie Johnson is the only UK housing association to retain independent status from V3 & G3 non-compliant regulatory ratings back to V1 & G1. Appointed CEO at SLHG in 2010. Within 12 months of appointment turned £2 Million Group loss to profit and attained regulatory upgrades from V3/G3 to V1/G1 for governance and financial viability. SLHG selected as finalists in UK Housing Awards 2013 for ‘Business Transformation of the Year’.Chair of National Housing Federation Yorkshire and Humberside Region

Listed skills include Governance, Change Management, Culture Change, Social Housing, and 25 others.